History Awesome / MichaelJackson

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNyiFz9_-OY Dancing on top of an SUV]] in front of his fans during the 2005 trial. The song he was dancing to? D.S., the {{Take That}} song Jackson included on ''History'', about Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon, who prosecuted Jackson in both of the child sex abuse trials in 1993 and 2005. The lyrics say that someone named "Dom Sheldon" is a cold man, but if you listen to the song, he's clearly saying "Tom Sneddon".

* Although it was unfortunate that the second concert took place on the night before 9/11, his 30th anniversary concerts at Madison Square Garden were amazing.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNyiFz9_-OY Dancing on top of an SUV]] in front of his fans during the 2005 trial. The song he was dancing to? D.S. the {{Take That}} song Jackson included on ''History'', about Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon, who prosecuted Jackson in both of the child sex abuse trials in 1993 and 2005. The lyrics say that someone named "Dom Sheldon" is a cold man, but if you listen to the song, he's clearly saying "Tom Sneddon".

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNyiFz9_-OY Dancing on top of an SUV]] in front of his fans during the 2005 trial. The song he was dancing to? D.S. the {{Take That}} song Jackson included on ''History'', about Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon, who prosecuted Jackson in both of the child sex abuse trials in 1993 and 2005.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNyiFz9_-OY Dancing on top of an SUV]] in front of his fans during the 2005 trial. The song he was dancing to? D.S.[[note]]The song D.S., which stands for Dom Sheldon, was a {{Take That}} Jackson sung about on ''History'' to Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon, who prosecuted Jackson in both of the child sex abuse trials in 1993 and 2005.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNyiFz9_-OY Dancing on top of an SUV]] in front of his fans during the 2005 trial. The song he was dancing to? "D.S." (Dom Sheldon).

** Speaking of dances, in the video for ''Smooth Criminal'', he pulls off the "Anti-gravity" lean, where he leans very far forward while staying in one place. In the video, the effect was simply achieved by hidden wires, but for live performances, Jackson himself ''patented'' a mechanism where the performer would wear special shoes that attached to pegs on the stage, allowing a dancer to perform this move. But even then, it still required good core strength.

* Most of his songs. Even his last album, ''Invincible'' -- while easily his worst -- has several superb songs on it that we only ''wish'' others could adequately perform, let alone his larger than life 1980s songs.
** Jackson's music pretty much WAS the music of the '80s if you weren't a metalhead, and most likely helped inspire or kickstart a few new musical genres on its own.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkBS4zUjJZo&ob=av2e Blame It on the Boogie]] (actually The Jacksons), proof that disco can be good.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yURRmWtbTbo Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X-Mrc2l1d0&ob=av3e Rock With You]]. More great disco/post-disco.
* The Girl Is Mine. With Music/PaulMcCartney!
* Music/{{Thriller}} goes without saying.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym0hZG-zNOk&ob=av3n Beat It]], especially the {{Epic Riff}}s and guitar solo courtesy of [[Music/VanHalen Eddie Van Halen]].
* Two songs recorded with the great [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]], but never released: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbkFiM15Yhc State of Shock]] ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Shock later released by The Jacksons with]] [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]]) and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooKEHgeH884 There Must Be More to Life than This]]. WhatCouldHaveBeen...
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDgxnjgVFi4 P.Y.T.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzZ_urpj4As The Way You Make Me Feel]].
* It's SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic as it is, but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_D3VFfhvs4 the video]] for ''Smooth Criminal'' is easily one of his best. Especially that anti-gravity lean.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2AitTPI5U0 Black or White]] and its great music video.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeiFF0gvqcc Remember the Time]] and ''its'' great video.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbHI1yI1Ndk Jam]], a [[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove lesser-known]] song.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P4A1K4lXDo Scream]], in the expensive spaceship with Music/JanetJackson.
** A video that, to this day, is one of the most expensive music videos ever made (topping out at about $7 million).
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEEMi2j6lYE&ob=av3e Stranger in Moscow]], another lesser-known song from later in his career.
* The lost single, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp7K7zXt6_A Cheater.]] There is no 'not dancing' to this one. It's impossible.
* What about "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivWY9wn5ps Man in the Mirror]]"? That [[TruckDriversGearChange TRUCK DRIVERS' GEAR CHANGE]]!!!!!

* Most of his songs. Even his last album, ''Invincible'' -- while easily his worst -- has several superb songs on it that we only ''wish'' others could adequately perform, let alone his larger than life 1980s songs.
** Jackson's music pretty much WAS the music of the '80s if you weren't a metalhead, and most likely helped inspire or kickstart a few new musical genres on its own.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkBS4zUjJZo&ob=av2e Blame It on the Boogie]] (actually The Jacksons), proof that disco can be good.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yURRmWtbTbo Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X-Mrc2l1d0&ob=av3e Rock With You]]. More great disco/post-disco.
* The Girl Is Mine. With Music/PaulMcCartney!
* Music/{{Thriller}} goes without saying.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym0hZG-zNOk&ob=av3n Beat It]], especially the {{Epic Riff}}s and guitar solo courtesy of [[Music/VanHalen Eddie Van Halen]].
* Two songs recorded with the great [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]], but never released: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbkFiM15Yhc State of Shock]] ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Shock later released by The Jacksons with]] [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]]) and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooKEHgeH884 There Must Be More to Life than This]]. WhatCouldHaveBeen...
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDgxnjgVFi4 P.Y.T.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzZ_urpj4As The Way You Make Me Feel]].
* It's SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic as it is, but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_D3VFfhvs4 the video]] for ''Smooth Criminal'' is easily one of his best. Especially that anti-gravity lean.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2AitTPI5U0 Black or White]] and its great music video.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeiFF0gvqcc Remember the Time]] and ''its'' great video.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbHI1yI1Ndk Jam]], a [[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove lesser-known]] song.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P4A1K4lXDo Scream]], in the expensive spaceship with Music/JanetJackson.
** A video that, to this day, is one of the most expensive music videos ever made (topping out at about $7 million).
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEEMi2j6lYE&ob=av3e Stranger in Moscow]], another lesser-known song from later in his career.
* The lost single, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp7K7zXt6_A Cheater.]] There is no 'not dancing' to this one. It's impossible.
* What about "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivWY9wn5ps Man in the Mirror]]"? That [[TruckDriversGearChange TRUCK DRIVERS' GEAR CHANGE]]!!!!!
----

* He saved a man from [[https://twitter.com/TheCangryllo/status/258285768538206208 committing suicide!]]
** There was also an entire [[http://news.playgamelah.com/michael-jackson-saves-fan-from-death-leap-what-media-dont-want-you-to-see/ article]] dedicating of how much the media don't want you to know that, which doesn't exist anymore... coincidence?!

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbHI1yI1Ndk Jam]], a [[NeedsMoreLove lesser-known]] song.

!!Moments
* His performance of "Billie Jean" at Motown's 25 special in 1983 and doing the "moonwalk".
* Let's face it, all his concerts are AWESOME (as well as his 30th Anniversary Special). Even his dress rehearsal for his [[AuthorExistenceFailure non-existent]] final tour is AWESOME.
* ''Thriller'' is the ''best-selling musical album of all time.'' That is one hell of an achievement.
* He yelled "fuck you" at a paparazzo for shunting a fan aside. That's it, he was a total BAMF.
* When his sister, [=LaToya=], posed for a pictoral in ''Playboy'', Michael's Jehovah Witness community ordered him to shun his sister for doing that. In response, [[[ThickerThanWater Michael walked away from the church and never returned rather than do that to his sister]].

!!Music and videos

* When his sister, [=LaToya=], posed for a pictoral in ''Playboy'', Michael's Jehovah Witness community ordered him to shun his sister for doing that. In response, Michael walked away from the church and never returned rather than do that to his sister.

* When his sister, LaToya, posed for a pictoral in ''Playboy'', Michael's Jehovah Witness community ordered him to shun his sister for doing that. In response, Michael walked away from the church and never returned rather than do that to his sister.

* What about "[[www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivWY9wn5ps Man in the Mirror]]"? That [[TruckDriversGearChange TRUCK DRIVERS' GEAR CHANGE]]!!!!!

* The Girl Is Mine. With PaulMcCartney!

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym0hZG-zNOk&ob=av3n Beat It]], especially the {{Epic Riff}}s and guitar solo courtesy of [[VanHalen Eddie Van Halen]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P4A1K4lXDo Scream]], in the expensive spaceship with JanetJackson.

** A video that, to this day, is one of the most expensive music videos ever made (topping out at about $7 million)

* Two songs recorded with the great [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]], but never released: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEBo0Hf3LqE State of Shock]] ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Shock later released by The Jacksons with]] [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]]) and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooKEHgeH884 There Must Be More to Life than This]]. WhatCouldHaveBeen...

* His performance of "Billie Jean" at Motown's 25 special in 1983 and doing the "moonwalk" pretty much blowing away the entire planet.

* If there was to be just one Moment Of Awesome for MJ, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRe2HfzDEGw this would be it.]]

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywRMES7oHnA&feature=fvst Superbowl]] halftime. That is all.